Causing OutOfMemoryError in Frame by Frame Animation in Android

Question

I am having lots of images as frames in my resources/drawable folder (let say approx 200). And using this images i want run a animation. The longest animation is of 80Frames. I am successfully able to run the animation on click of the buttons for some, but for some of the animation it is giving me OutOfMemoryError saying that VM can't provide such memory. It is out of VM Budget. I count the size of all of the images its about 10MB. The size of each image is 320x480 in pixels.

I try googling and found that i need to explicitly call the Garbage Collector using System.gc() method. I have done that but still i am getting some time error of memory. Can anyone please kindly help me out in this.

Some Code:-

ImageView img = (ImageView)findViewById(R.id.xxx);
img.setBackgroundResource(R.anim.angry_tail_animation);
AnimationDrawable mailAnimation = (AnimationDrawable) img.getBackground();
MediaPlayer player = MediaPlayer.create(this.getApplicationContext(), R.raw.angry);
    if(mailAnimation.isRunning()) {
    mailAnimation.stop();
    mailAnimation.start();
        if (player.isPlaying()) {
        player.stop();
        player.start();
    }
    else {
        player.start();
    }
}
else {
    mailAnimation.start();
        if (player.isPlaying()) {
        player.stop();
        player.start();
    }
    else {
        player.start();
    }
}

This is the code i have written in on click of a Button.....

Resource file inside res/drawable/anim

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<animation-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:oneshot="true" >

<item android:drawable="@drawable/cat_angry0000" android:duration="50"/>

<item android:drawable="@drawable/cat_angry0001" android:duration="50"/>

<item android:drawable="@drawable/cat_angry0002" android:duration="50"/>

<item android:drawable="@drawable/cat_angry0003" android:duration="50"/>

<item android:drawable="@drawable/cat_angry0004" android:duration="50"/>

<item android:drawable="@drawable/cat_angry0005" android:duration="50"/>

<item android:drawable="@drawable/cat_angry0006" android:duration="50"/>

<item android:drawable="@drawable/cat_angry0007" android:duration="50"/>

<item android:drawable="@drawable/cat_angry0008" android:duration="50"/>

<item android:drawable="@drawable/cat_angry0009" android:duration="50"/>

<item android:drawable="@drawable/cat_angry0010" android:duration="50"/>

<item android:drawable="@drawable/cat_angry0011" android:duration="50"/>

<item android:drawable="@drawable/cat_angry0012" android:duration="50"/>

<item android:drawable="@drawable/cat_angry0013" android:duration="50"/>

<item android:drawable="@drawable/cat_angry0014" android:duration="50"/>

<item android:drawable="@drawable/cat_angry0015" android:duration="50"/>

<item android:drawable="@drawable/cat_angry0016" android:duration="50"/>

<item android:drawable="@drawable/cat_angry0017" android:duration="50"/>

<item android:drawable="@drawable/cat_angry0018" android:duration="50"/>

<item android:drawable="@drawable/cat_angry0019" android:duration="50"/>

<item android:drawable="@drawable/cat_angry0020" android:duration="50"/>

<item android:drawable="@drawable/cat_angry0021" android:duration="50"/>

<item android:drawable="@drawable/cat_angry0022" android:duration="50"/>

<item android:drawable="@drawable/cat_angry0023" android:duration="50"/>

<item android:drawable="@drawable/cat_angry0024" android:duration="50"/>

<item android:drawable="@drawable/cat_angry0025" android:duration="50"/>

</animation-list>

** The above is the resource file used in setBackgroundResource, same way I am having 10 more file for other different animation. **

Error Log

01-16 22:23:41.594: E/AndroidRuntime(399): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
01-16 22:23:41.594: E/AndroidRuntime(399): java.lang.IllegalStateException: Could not execute method of the activity
01-16 22:23:41.594: E/AndroidRuntime(399):  at android.view.View$1.onClick(View.java:2144)
01-16 22:23:41.594: E/AndroidRuntime(399):  at android.view.View.performClick(View.java:2485)
01-16 22:23:41.594: E/AndroidRuntime(399):  at android.view.View$PerformClick.run(View.java:9080)
01-16 22:23:41.594: E/AndroidRuntime(399):  at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:587)
01-16 22:23:41.594: E/AndroidRuntime(399):  at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
01-16 22:23:41.594: E/AndroidRuntime(399):  at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:123)
01-16 22:23:41.594: E/AndroidRuntime(399):  at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3683)
01-16 22:23:41.594: E/AndroidRuntime(399):  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
01-16 22:23:41.594: E/AndroidRuntime(399):  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
01-16 22:23:41.594: E/AndroidRuntime(399):  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:839)
01-16 22:23:41.594: E/AndroidRuntime(399):  at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:597)
01-16 22:23:41.594: E/AndroidRuntime(399):  at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
01-16 22:23:41.594: E/AndroidRuntime(399): Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
01-16 22:23:41.594: E/AndroidRuntime(399):  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
01-16 22:23:41.594: E/AndroidRuntime(399):  at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
01-16 22:23:41.594: E/AndroidRuntime(399):  at android.view.View$1.onClick(View.java:2139)
01-16 22:23:41.594: E/AndroidRuntime(399):  ... 11 more
01-16 22:23:41.594: E/AndroidRuntime(399): Caused by: java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: bitmap size exceeds VM budget
01-16 22:23:41.594: E/AndroidRuntime(399):  at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.nativeDecodeAsset(Native Method)
01-16 22:23:41.594: E/AndroidRuntime(399):  at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeStream(BitmapFactory.java:460)
01-16 22:23:41.594: E/AndroidRuntime(399):  at android.graphics.BitmapFactory.decodeResourceStream(BitmapFactory.java:336)
01-16 22:23:41.594: E/AndroidRuntime(399):  at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromResourceStream(Drawable.java:697)
01-16 22:23:41.594: E/AndroidRuntime(399):  at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:1709)
01-16 22:23:41.594: E/AndroidRuntime(399):  at android.content.res.Resources.getDrawable(Resources.java:581)
01-16 22:23:41.594: E/AndroidRuntime(399):  at android.graphics.drawable.AnimationDrawable.inflate(AnimationDrawable.java:267)
01-16 22:23:41.594: E/AndroidRuntime(399):  at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromXmlInner(Drawable.java:787)
01-16 22:23:41.594: E/AndroidRuntime(399):  at android.graphics.drawable.Drawable.createFromXml(Drawable.java:728)
01-16 22:23:41.594: E/AndroidRuntime(399):  at android.content.res.Resources.loadDrawable(Resources.java:1694)
01-16 22:23:41.594: E/AndroidRuntime(399):  at android.content.res.Resources.getDrawable(Resources.java:581)
01-16 22:23:41.594: E/AndroidRuntime(399):  at android.view.View.setBackgroundResource(View.java:7533)
01-16 22:23:41.594: E/AndroidRuntime(399):  at talking.cat.CatActivity.middleButtonClicked(CatActivity.java:83)

Same way i have different buttons for different animation... Thanks

Answer 1

I had the same problem. Android loads all the drawables at once, so animation with many frames causes this error.

I ended up creating my own simple sequence animation:

public class AnimationsContainer {
    public int FPS = 30;  // animation FPS

    // single instance procedures
    private static AnimationsContainer mInstance;

    private AnimationsContainer() {
    };

    public static AnimationsContainer getInstance() {
        if (mInstance == null)
            mInstance = new AnimationsContainer();
        return mInstance;
    }

    // animation progress dialog frames
    private int[] mProgressAnimFrames = { R.drawable.logo_30001, R.drawable.logo_30002, R.drawable.logo_30003 };

    // animation splash screen frames
    private int[] mSplashAnimFrames = { R.drawable.logo_ding200480001, R.drawable.logo_ding200480002 };


    /**
     * @param imageView 
     * @return progress dialog animation
     */
    public FramesSequenceAnimation createProgressDialogAnim(ImageView imageView) {
        return new FramesSequenceAnimation(imageView, mProgressAnimFrames);
    }

    /**
     * @param imageView
     * @return splash screen animation
     */
    public FramesSequenceAnimation createSplashAnim(ImageView imageView) {
        return new FramesSequenceAnimation(imageView, mSplashAnimFrames);
    }

    /**
     * AnimationPlayer. Plays animation frames sequence in loop
     */
public class FramesSequenceAnimation {
    private int[] mFrames; // animation frames
    private int mIndex; // current frame
    private boolean mShouldRun; // true if the animation should continue running. Used to stop the animation
    private boolean mIsRunning; // true if the animation currently running. prevents starting the animation twice
    private SoftReference<ImageView> mSoftReferenceImageView; // Used to prevent holding ImageView when it should be dead.
    private Handler mHandler;
    private int mDelayMillis;
    private OnAnimationStoppedListener mOnAnimationStoppedListener;

    private Bitmap mBitmap = null;
    private BitmapFactory.Options mBitmapOptions;

    public FramesSequenceAnimation(ImageView imageView, int[] frames, int fps) {
        mHandler = new Handler();
        mFrames = frames;
        mIndex = -1;
        mSoftReferenceImageView = new SoftReference<ImageView>(imageView);
        mShouldRun = false;
        mIsRunning = false;
        mDelayMillis = 1000 / fps;

        imageView.setImageResource(mFrames[0]);

        // use in place bitmap to save GC work (when animation images are the same size & type)
        if (Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 11) {
            Bitmap bmp = ((BitmapDrawable) imageView.getDrawable()).getBitmap();
            int width = bmp.getWidth();
            int height = bmp.getHeight();
            Bitmap.Config config = bmp.getConfig();
            mBitmap = Bitmap.createBitmap(width, height, config);
            mBitmapOptions = new BitmapFactory.Options();
            // setup bitmap reuse options. 
            mBitmapOptions.inBitmap = mBitmap;
            mBitmapOptions.inMutable = true;
            mBitmapOptions.inSampleSize = 1;
        }
    }

    private int getNext() {
        mIndex++;
        if (mIndex >= mFrames.length)
            mIndex = 0;
        return mFrames[mIndex];
    }

    /**
     * Starts the animation
     */
    public synchronized void start() {
        mShouldRun = true;
        if (mIsRunning)
            return;

        Runnable runnable = new Runnable() {
            @Override
            public void run() {
                ImageView imageView = mSoftReferenceImageView.get();
                if (!mShouldRun || imageView == null) {
                    mIsRunning = false;
                    if (mOnAnimationStoppedListener != null) {
                        mOnAnimationStoppedListener.AnimationStopped();
                    }
                    return;
                }

                mIsRunning = true;
                mHandler.postDelayed(this, mDelayMillis);

                if (imageView.isShown()) {
                    int imageRes = getNext();
                    if (mBitmap != null) { // so Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 11
                        Bitmap bitmap = null;
                        try {
                            bitmap = BitmapFactory.decodeResource(imageView.getResources(), imageRes, mBitmapOptions);
                        } catch (Exception e) {
                            e.printStackTrace();
                        }
                        if (bitmap != null) {
                            imageView.setImageBitmap(bitmap);
                        } else {
                            imageView.setImageResource(imageRes);
                            mBitmap.recycle();
                            mBitmap = null;
                        }
                    } else {
                        imageView.setImageResource(imageRes);
                    }
                }

            }
        };

        mHandler.post(runnable);
    }

        /**
         * Stops the animation
         */
        public synchronized void stop() {
            mShouldRun = false;
        }
    }
}

Usage:

FramesSequenceAnimation anim = AnimationsContainer.getInstance().createSplashAnim(mSplashImageView);
anim.start();

• don't forget to stop it...